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SIKKIM

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GANGTOK 31st May,2014 No.228
GOVERNMENT OF SIKKIM
LAW DEPARTMENT
GANGTOK
No.5/LD/P/14 Dated:30/05/2014

The following Act passed by the Sikkim Legislative Assembly and

having received the assent of the Governor on 26 th day of February, 2014 is
hereby published for general information:-

THE SIKKIM LAND ACT, 2014

(ACT NO. 5 OF 2014)
AN
ACT
To provide for consolidation and updating the records of Rights of
persons allotted government land in the State prior to 26th April 1975 and also to
deal with consolidation and updating records of Rights of the heirs and
descendants of the persons allotted government land prior to 26th April 1975 in
the State.
BE it enacted by the legislature of Sikkim in the sixty-fifth year of the
Republic of India, as follows:
Short title and 1. (i)This Act may be called the Sikkim land Act, 2014.
Commencement

(ii) It extends to the whole of Sikkim.

(iii) It shall come into force on such date as the State

Government may by notification in the official gazette
appoint.
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Definition 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) Act means the Sikkim Land Act 2014;

(b) Authority means the State Government or any
office or department functioning under the State
Government or such department as may be
specifically notified in this behalf and includes
the Government of Sikkim functioning prior to
26th April 1975;

(c) Government means the Government of Sikkim

and includes the Administrative department of
the Land Revenue and Disaster Management
Department, Government of Sikkim, including
the Government of Sikkim functioning prior to
26th April 1975;

(d) Land means Government land;

(e) Prescribed Authority means an authority

appointed by the State Government by
notification for all or any of the purposes of this
Act;

(f) Rights means the Rights as may have accrued

at the time of settlement by the order of the
authority of the Government;

(g) State means the Government of Sikkim and

includes the Government of Sikkim functioning
prior to 26th April 1975.

Validation of land 3. (i) Any person holding any Government land

holding allotted by any authority of the Government
prior to 26th April 1975 irrespective of the
nature of the land shall while continuing to
hold such land will enjoy such rights and
liabilities as applicable in relation to such land
and their heir also shall continue to enjoy such
rights and liabilities in respect of such holdings;
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(ii) sub-section (1) shall have application only in

respect of such land holding which were
Government land at the time of allotment and
obtained through allotment order of the
Government;

(iii) where a holder of such land has not obtained

either registration or mutation or both of his land
the same shall be affected within a period of 12
(twelve) months from the date of publication of
this Act or within such further period as may be
notified in this behalf on production of documents
in proof of such holding.

Procedure 4. (i) Person holding such land either by way of

allotment or otherwise shall appear before the
prescribed authority for obtaining registration
and mutation of the land in those cases where no
such registration and mutation have been done;

(ii) the prescribed authority shall on receipt of the

application for registration and mutation verify
the same and publish it inviting objection, if any,
within a period of 30 (thirty) days from the date
of publication of notification and thereafter shall
proceed to dispose of the registration and
mutation application as per the rule as may be
prescribed;

(iii) where the prescribed authority is of the opinion

that the registration and mutation cannot be
accorded he shall call upon the applicant to
adduce additional material/evidence, if any,
within 30 (thirty) days to support the registration
and mutation application;

(iv) on receipt of such additional material, if any, the

registration and mutation application shall be
dealt with on its merit;
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(v) where registration and mutation application has

been accepted the prescribed authority shall issue
registration and mutation certificate in the
prescribed format as may be provided under the
rules on payment of requisite fees as may be
prescribed.

Power to make Rules 5. (i) The State Government may make rules to carry
out the purposes of this Act.

(Lakchung Sherpa) SSJS

L.R-cum-Secretary,
Law Department.

File No. 16 (82) LD/77-2014